A French artist who spent the last week trapped inside a boulder says he had to be in a "fluid state" to get through it.
Since February 22, Abraham Poincheval's home has been a 12-tonne chunk of limestone, amidst a hollowed-out hole large enough for him to sit, at a Paris art gallery.
He says it's hard to explain his experience but describes it as a "strange feeling of a floating world".
"It's this sensation you have to be in a fluid state, a kind of particle in the midst of this mineral world, that's rather strange and rather meteoric," Poincheval said.
"The most complicated thing to do is to keep yourself in a state of not going too far away [in your mind], to keep one foot under the stone and another foot in this kind of world [that is] full of hallucinations."
Poincheval felt extremely dizzy at some points of his ordeal and says he had to keep his head clear.
"There are very strong moments where you lose yourself, where suddenly you don't know anymore where you are."
The artist was supplied water, soup and dried meat during his time in the rock and air entered through holes.
On Wednesday (local time) he was freed from his tomb, the two halves pulled apart by workers who helped him to a chair.
Once he recovers, Poincheval's next performance will involve sitting on eggs to try and hatch them.
Newshub.
